From Utah's Mirror Lake Highway, many places to sit and reflect
Mirror Lake • The U.S. Forest Service often greets visitors to the areas it manages with signs that read, “Land of Many Uses.”That certainly fits the 78-mile stretch of Utah Highway 150, commonly known...
View ArticleTwo killed in Nephi skydiving crash
Two skydivers died after their parachute malfunctioned on Thursday evening, Nephi police said. The two — instructor and client — were jumping tandem from a Cessna 182 plane near the Nephi City airport...
View ArticleVictim of Magna drive-by homicide is identified; search for shooter continues
The Unified Police Department on Tuesday identified Will Ryan, 17, as the victim of a shooting late Saturday in Magna.A second teenage boy who was wounded in the shooting has returned home, according...
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In Vermont, biking across Lake Champlain on an old rail causeway
SOUTH HERO, Vt. • Abandoned rail lines have been converted into recreation paths all over the United States. But the Island Line Trail in Vermont is unusual: It includes a causeway that runs across the...
View ArticleGarrison Keillor: Never been here before
Anxious times in America. There was a news story a few weeks back, “Interrupted Sleep May Lead To Alzheimer’s,” and next to it, a wine review with the line “Vivacious and well balanced, with chewy...
View ArticleUtah to obey order for DEA drug database search
Utah will obey a court order to let the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration search a prescription-drug database without a warrant, despite a state law designed to protect patient privacy.The state...
View ArticleLetter: Academic facts of life
An Aug. 3 Tribune article indicated a University of Utah department head is having a mental hernia over the recent $10 million donation by the Charles Koch Foundation. To this infantile imaged...
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ESPN ranks Utes fan base as the ‘happiest’ in Utah over BYU, Utah State
College football fans should be happy this time of year for the simple reality that games will be back on television and teams back on the field. After the usual long summer, elation is creeping in...
View ArticleLetter: Managing wild horses
I disagree with Rob Hammer’s Aug. 13 wild horse commentary. While working as a botanist for the Bureau of Land Management in southwestern Wyoming and northern Nevada, I witnessed the damage wild horses...
View ArticleLake Street Dive's jazz-infused pop a good fit for Red Butte, but it goes...
In a lot of ways, Lake Street Dive and Red Butte Garden go together. The band’s brand of contemporary jazzy pop complements the Red Butte crowd the way wine goes with cheese.Rachel Price’s voice is a...
View ArticleLetter: Lead us into the light of day
What happened in Charlottesville finally tore the scab off America and revealed the ugly sores beneath. If we continue pretending that the USA was not built by anti-Semites, colonizers and white...
View ArticleLetter: Speed up or stay away
The entrance ramps that access freeways are called “acceleration lanes.”To “accelerate” means to speed up. When entering a freeway, drivers need to be at the posted speed limit (or prevailing traffic...
View ArticleCommentary: Why Christians can stay hopeful in this time of political darkness
Seventy percent of Americans are dissatisfied “with the way things are going in the United States at this time,” according to a Gallup poll.This presumably includes a large number of Christians — a...
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Have you been pitched tires in central and southern Utah? Even a legislator...
Interstate 15 in central and southern Utah can be a long way from someone’s home — and not the place that someone wants a flat tire. So if someone approaches you at a gas station and says you are in...
View ArticleMissouri governor halts man's execution after DNA questions
St. Louis • Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday halted the scheduled execution of condemned killer Marcellus Williams after DNA testing raised questions about whether he actually committed the...
View ArticleTwo 16-year-olds charged with murder for allegedly shooting a sleeping woman
Two 16-year-old boys have been charged with murder in adult court for allegedly shooting and killing a woman as she slept in her home.Daniel G. Garcia and Tre’von Jordan Zamora, both of Ogden, are...
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Rep. Chris Stewart meets with Utah refugees, hears about their fears of Trump
Republican Rep. Chris Stewart listened Tuesday as leaders of Utah’s refugee community expressed their fears, frustrations and distrust of President Donald Trump.“One of our biggest concerns,” said...
View ArticleLetter: The Utah prison scam moves forth
They used golden shovels at the groundbreaking for the new state prison; perfect for Gov. Gary Herbert’s suggestion that this prison is “about restoring lives.” We all know there is nothing resembling...
View ArticleOfficials say Trump's Afghan plan involves 3,900 more troops
Washington • President Donald Trump’s plan to end America’s longest war and eliminate Afghanistan’s rising extremist threat involves sending up to 3,900 additional U.S. troops, senior officials said...
View ArticleAdmit it, you looked directly at the solar eclipse. Here's how to know if...
You gazed skyward Monday to witness in awe as the moon plunged the Earth into a cold shadow by temporarily blotting out most — or, in some areas, all — of the sun’s light.And despite the warnings...
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